Fonsie Mealy's THE LIBRARY HOWTH CASTLE September 22nd & 23rd, 2021

120 Imperfections Not Stated info@fonsiemealy.ie 861. [Jones (Sir Wm.)] Poems Consisting Chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages, to which are added two Essays; 8vo London (By W. Bowyer & J. Nichols) 1777. Second Edn., cont. tree calf, B.P. (1) €180 - €250 862. Hunter (W.W.) A Life of the Earl of Mayo, Fourth Viceroy of India, 2 vols. Lond. 1875; Fitzmaurice (Lord Ed.) The Life of Granville George Leveson Gower Second Earl of Granville, K.G. 1815 - 1891, 2 vols. Lond. 1905; Milton (Henry) Speeches and Addresses of the Rt. Hon... Earl of Dufferin, 8vo Lond. 1882. All cloth. (5) €140 - €200 863. Lamartine - Oeuvres de Lamartine de l’Academie Francaise, Edition Complete en un volume. Roy 8vo Brussels 1836. Engd. port. frontis., vign. title, fold. map, engd. & other plts. a.e.g., attractive catspaw calf, lg. tooled gilt borders, & spine, B.P., & another copy of the same work. (2) €100 - €150 864. In Fine Uniform Armorial Bindings Lenfant (Jques) Histoire du Concile de Pise, 2 vols. in one thick 4to Amsterdam 1724. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 red & bl. titles with vignettes, full page port. of Queen of Prussia, port. of author, & 14 other plts. (mostly ports) bottom rt. hand corner damp stained thro. out; also Histoire du Concile de Constance, 2 vols. in one, 4to Amsterdam (Pierre Humbert) 1727. New Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 red & bl. titles with vignettes, 2 ports of King of Prussia & the Author & 18 other ports.; & by same author, Histoire de la Guerre des Hussites et du Concile de Basle, 2 vols. in one, 4to Amsterdam (Pierre Humbert) 1731. First Edn., 2 hf. titles, 2 red & bl. vign. titles, fine engd. vignette heads, & 10 engd. full page ports., all in fine uniform full cont. sprinkled calf, dble gilt fillet borders corner décor., & with lg. armorial in centre of each cover. V. good bindings. B.P.s. (4) €350 - €500 865. All Presentation Copies Wilson (Horace Hayman) Teh Sankhya Karika, or Memoiral Verses of the Sankhya Philosphy, by Iswara Kirshna; lg. 4to Oxford 1837. First Edn., Inscribed Presentation Copy from author to Rev. Dr. Gaisford, orig. cloth, mor. label; Cureton (Rev. Wm.) Book of Religious and Pholosophical Sects, by Muhammad Al-Shahrastani, roy 8vo L. 1846. First Edn., Inscribed Pres. Copy, & with A.L.s. from Author to Dean Gaisford loosely inserted, & 3 other items sim., All Presentation Copies, in orig. cloth. (5) €150 - €200 866. Coxe (Wm.) An Historical Tour in Monmouthsire, Illustrated with Views by Sir R.C. Hoare, Bart... In 2 Parts, 4to L. 1801. First Edn., In 2 Parts, 4to L. 1801. First Edn., hf. title in Part II, lg. fold. map & 97 engd. fold. & other maps & Plts., cont. hf. calf, joints cracked. B.P. €150 - €200 867. Pugin (A. Welby) The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture, 4to Lond. (H.G. Bohn) 1853. Engd. frontis, 20 full page engd. plts., text illus. etc., orig. cloth, gilt. (1) €100 - €150 868. Bibliography: Jackson (John) A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical, thick roy 8vo Lond. (Chas. Knight) 1833. First Edn., this copy contains ‘A Third Preface’.. by Wm. A. Chatto, wd. cut & other illus., some other items added or tipped in, include. Portrait of Guttenburg & Durer, printed in colour, Baxters etc., cont. hf. green mor. V. good, rare. B.P. (1) €150 - €200 869. Rackham (Arthur) Illus: Irving (Washington) Rip Van Winkle, 4to Lond. & N.Y. 1905. First Trade Edn., Second Impression, mtd. cold. frontis & 50 mtd. cold. plts. orig. gilt decor. cloth, spine faded, w.a.f. (1) €160 - €220 870. Illustrated Volumes: de la Motte - Fougue Undine, trans. by W.L. Courtney, 4to Lond. 1909. 15 mounted cold. plts. (include. frontis), gilt decor. blue cloth; Barrie (J.M.) Quality Street, lg. 4to L. n.d., attractive cold. illus. by Hugh Thomson, decor. gilt cloth; Poe (Edgar Allan) The Bells and Other Poems, 4to L. (Hodder & Stroughton) n.d. Illus. by Edmund Dulac, cold. plts. & vignette illus., full gilt decor. cloth. As a lot. (3) €200 - €300 871. Peshall (Rev. Sir J.) &Wood (A.) The Antient and Present State of the City of Oxford, Lg. 4to Lond. 1773. First Edn., hf. title, lg. fold. Map of Oxford, 2 full page & 1 fold. plt., text illus. (1 lg. engr.), uncut, orig. boards. B.P. (1) €250 - €350 872. Military: Almack (Edward) The History of the Second Dragoons ‘Royal Scots Grays’, Folio London 1908. First Edn., red & black title, frontis & 40 other plts. (some coloured), list of subscribers, uncut, buckram backed cloth, gilt; also Hodgson (Maj. B.T.) Record of the Second Volunteer Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, From 1859 to 1903, 4to Lond. 1903, cloth. (2) €140 - €200 873. Genealogy: Lodge - The Lords of Howth, 1177 - 1806, lg. folio n.d. c. 1840. Probably extracted from lodges Peerage of Ireland, & printed for 3rd Earl of Howth., 12pp [LXXIV - XC], An offprint, in later red cloth; also Hutchinson’s History of Durham, Pedigrees, lg. 4to Durham c. 1823, (26) some fold., plus Tables of Population of the County of Durham, 4to Durham 1823, (14) pp., cont. hf. calf, gilt mor. label on front cover. As a lot, w.a.f. (2) €150 - €200 864 869 871